Café Royal to launch first dessert restaurant in London

From Thursday 3 March, London will have its first dessert restaurant at The Café of Café Royal on Regent Street.

With menus created by executive pastry chef, Sarah Barber, the dessert restaurant will feature a selection of tasting menus all served with optional wine pairing and available from 6pm to 10.30pm daily.

The Sarah in Wonderland menu will feature five courses starting with savouries such as the Milky Way, with goat’s cheese, wild honey and beetroot snow and Chicken Foie with quince and brioche. Guests will then experience a journey of Sarah’s Alice in Wonderland inspired desserts: Queen of Hearts (raspberries, Champagne and roses), Mad Hatter (BFG, kirsch and cherries) and Eat Me, Drink Me (Snickers, chocolate malt shake).

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Three-course Childhood Memories menus will also be available, comprising Sarah’s take on nostalgic favourites including Rhubarb & Custard and Jaffa Cakes. Meanwhile the Pick n Mix menu will allow guests to make their selection of four dishes, with savouries such as White Rabbit with Acapella cheese, artichokes and black truffle; and Salmon Tart with silky avocado. Desserts on the Pick n Mix menu will include the Jaffa Cake, Eat Me, Drink Me and Queen of Hearts.

Wine flights will be available to accompany each menu: think sparkling Prosecco di Valdobbiadene with the Milky Way, Henriques y Henriques madeira with the Jaffa Cake and classic dessert wines such as Château Roumieu, Sauternes with the Eat Me, Drink Me.